I've been a bit frazzled. Wednesday I left my house at ten to seven in the morning and didn't get home until one thirty the next morning. During that time, a family of three moved and another couple of people. All with a bit of help from me. Yesterday, I went back to help unpack/organise/set up stuff. Hopefully they're all getting back into the normal swing of things again. The really fun part though, started after I got home last night. There were two messages on my phone about available jobs. I even went to an interview this morning. Then I got another call this afternoon. A very sudden turn from four months of hearing little to nothing. Maybe this will finally get me on.
There was a very big death toll in Russia today. Also in Germany. Although this was books that were lost. Loss of life and loss of culture. When either is lost the other is not far away...
On the slightly lighter side, Arnie seems to have decided to rewrite some history, and claimed to have seen Soviet tanks and Socialism in Austria. Uh, not according to the historians. So, hmm, who should we believe, the historians who might have their own reasons for keeping history one way or another, or a man making a propaganda speech?
From today's weather it would seem that the summer heat has ended. At least temporarily. It's kind of nice to be wearing jeans again. I've been recuperating from last week so far this week, aside from an interview yesterday with a headhunter and the start of looking for a new place to live, which brings up an interesting point. http://desktopia.dyndns.org is going to be going away. At present I have some plans that may result in another weblog where I can continue posting, but since I will no longer be living at the same place, the name of the place should go away. It's not like http://hilltopia.dyndns.org/ since that's all about keeping people together. This weblog was never about that. It was about me seeking to show off, about me seeking a bit of spotlight and about me working through a few things. If I do the weblog thing again, I might just decide to let people comment on my posts. What we've had until now is a monologue for the most part. And while soliloquies are a part of many a good play they don't build friendships, at least by themselves, and it hasn't reflected my interest in individuals. I hope I can be a real person in future, instead of just some guy, typing up events that happen to him, and pointing out news stories that interest him. God is calling me to be so much more that I can't even wrap my head around what he's calling me to be. There's so many things I wanted to do with this weblog, but was never did. I wanted to tell some of my stories here when I started. I had once started a story on a weblog a few years ago. I got good feedback from it and wanted to continue it here, or even retell it, but for some reason I guess I wasn't ready to reveal that to the world at large or whoever happened by. Another story that I had been working on is available from this website, though there are no links to it. Why am I saying this but not putting up the link? It's cause I'm in a bit of a funk right now. I want to share it, but don't want to. Give me a few days and I may put up the link yet. Hunh, this wasn't supposed to be about me trying to decide about this issue. In the meantime, I may give you the link if you email me. Or I may not, I'm being very arbitrary.
I'm moving in a couple of weeks. I'm moving into a nice big house with lots of space, a backyard, a driveway and, hopefully, space for a little vegetable garden. It's across town in Kitchener. Now all I need is a job...
So: that means desktopia.dyndns.org is going away. I may keep the name active and point it to elsewhere for a while. Or I might not. Anyway, I thinking the whole blog thing is going away soon. That is for me, not in general.
A fire and a hurricane
by alan on Sat 4th Sep 2004 1:05AM
I've been a bit frazzled. Wednesday I left my house at ten to seven in the morning and didn't get home until one thirty the next morning. During that time, a family of three moved and another couple of people. All with a bit of help from me. Yesterday, I went back to help unpack/organise/set up stuff. Hopefully they're all getting back into the normal swing of things again. The really fun part though, started after I got home last night. There were two messages on my phone about available jobs. I even went to an interview this morning. Then I got another call this afternoon. A very sudden turn from four months of hearing little to nothing. Maybe this will finally get me on.
There was a very big death toll in Russia today. Also in Germany. Although this was books that were lost. Loss of life and loss of culture. When either is lost the other is not far away...
On the slightly lighter side, Arnie seems to have decided to rewrite some history, and claimed to have seen Soviet tanks and Socialism in Austria. Uh, not according to the historians. So, hmm, who should we believe, the historians who might have their own reasons for keeping history one way or another, or a man making a propaganda speech?
Cool
by alan on Wed 8th Sep 2004 11:29PM
From today's weather it would seem that the summer heat has ended. At least temporarily. It's kind of nice to be wearing jeans again. I've been recuperating from last week so far this week, aside from an interview yesterday with a headhunter and the start of looking for a new place to live, which brings up an interesting point. http://desktopia.dyndns.org is going to be going away. At present I have some plans that may result in another weblog where I can continue posting, but since I will no longer be living at the same place, the name of the place should go away. It's not like http://hilltopia.dyndns.org/ since that's all about keeping people together. This weblog was never about that. It was about me seeking to show off, about me seeking a bit of spotlight and about me working through a few things. If I do the weblog thing again, I might just decide to let people comment on my posts. What we've had until now is a monologue for the most part. And while soliloquies are a part of many a good play they don't build friendships, at least by themselves, and it hasn't reflected my interest in individuals. I hope I can be a real person in future, instead of just some guy, typing up events that happen to him, and pointing out news stories that interest him. God is calling me to be so much more that I can't even wrap my head around what he's calling me to be. There's so many things I wanted to do with this weblog, but was never did. I wanted to tell some of my stories here when I started. I had once started a story on a weblog a few years ago. I got good feedback from it and wanted to continue it here, or even retell it, but for some reason I guess I wasn't ready to reveal that to the world at large or whoever happened by. Another story that I had been working on is available from this website, though there are no links to it. Why am I saying this but not putting up the link? It's cause I'm in a bit of a funk right now. I want to share it, but don't want to. Give me a few days and I may put up the link yet. Hunh, this wasn't supposed to be about me trying to decide about this issue. In the meantime, I may give you the link if you email me. Or I may not, I'm being very arbitrary.
Moving.
by alan on Mon 27th Sep 2004 12:51AM
I'm moving in a couple of weeks. I'm moving into a nice big house with lots of space, a backyard, a driveway and, hopefully, space for a little vegetable garden. It's across town in Kitchener. Now all I need is a job...
So: that means desktopia.dyndns.org is going away. I may keep the name active and point it to elsewhere for a while. Or I might not. Anyway, I thinking the whole blog thing is going away soon. That is for me, not in general.